Cece is a child who lost her hearing after she got really sick. And now she has to wear hearing aid to school. What so fun about this book is that it was told from a first person perspective. What is it like for her to hear sound but not able to comprehend them. Or what challenges she face when s...
El Deafo by Cece Bell is the autobiographical account of the author as a little girl after she contracted meningitis and became deaf. First point in this book's favor: The illustrations are absolutely delightful. If you were a fan of the Arthur cartoon growing up then you'll love her artistic style ...
El Deafo by Cece Bell is a level X on the Fountas and Pinnell reading level scale. El Deafo is about a rabbit who is deaf and is going through struggles based on dealing with her difficulties. The story begins when she is four years old and is living a normal life, but when she contracts meningitis,...
Cece Bell became deaf at the age of four due to an illness. She started kindergarten at a school where all of her classmates were also deaf and then started first grade in the general education setting. CeCe made a few friends who stuck around but stood about the rest and became her sidekick. Instea...
In this graphic novel, Cece goes through the challenges of losing her hearing after becoming sick. She is given a huge hearing aid to strap to her chest and wear over her clothes. As Cece goes to school, she encounters more challenges and soon becomes "El Deafo, Listener for All!" Becoming El Deafo ...
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleWow! This is a fantastic book. Literally everyone should read this book. It is perfect!Written in graphic novel form, Cece Bell tells about her early life, getting sick, losing her hearing, and all of the struggles that followed including feelings to b...
I'm a late-comer to this one which considering what a graphic novel nut I am is somewhat surprising. The artwork is great & the story unique & extremely accessible for the audience it's aimed at but something is missing to make this a 5 star read for me. Maybe it was the change of humans into anima...
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why I wanted to read this book.I’m not going to show any other picture from the book because I’d end up highlighting everything and you’d kill me in the process.So I will post nothing. Read the book yourself.This is not the first book about deaf people I’ve rea...
"And being different? That turned out to be the best part of all. I found that with a little creativity, and a lot of education, any difference can be turned into something amazing. Our differences are our superpowers." - Cece Bell, El Deafo This is a graphic memoir about the author's own child...
the book is a comic or graphic novel. unlike most i have read it truly was a novel. it had chapters and the hardback book is the shape and size of a regular novel. it was kinda like a memoir. i really could sympathize with the child and her difficult elementary years wearing a phonic ear and going...
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